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The combinatorial use of propofol-fentanyl-ketamine for sedoanalgesia in patients undergoing urological procedures

Abdelkarim S. Aloweidi, Sami A. Abu-Halaweh, Ghazi M. Al-Edwan, Saddam H. AL Demour, Laith T. Abu Mahfuz, Osama N. Noubani, Mohammad M. Al Rwaidi, Isam K. Bsisu and Mohammad M. Abufaraj
Saudi Medical Journal June 2021, 42 (6) 629-635; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20210071
Abdelkarim S. Aloweidi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Ghazi M. Al-Edwan
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Saddam H. AL Demour
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Laith T. Abu Mahfuz
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Osama N. Noubani
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Mohammad M. Al Rwaidi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Isam K. Bsisu
From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Aloweidi, Abu-Halaweh, Abu Mahfuz, Noubani, Al Rwaidi, Bsisu); from the Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery (Al-Edwan, AL Demour, Abufaraj), School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and from the Department of Urology (Abufaraj), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Mohammad M. Abufaraj
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Abdelkarim S. Aloweidi, Sami A. Abu-Halaweh, Ghazi M. Al-Edwan, Saddam H. AL Demour, Laith T. Abu Mahfuz, Osama N. Noubani, Mohammad M. Al Rwaidi, Isam K. Bsisu, Mohammad M. Abufaraj
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